比利时小说家乔治·西默农,生于1903年,1989年春谢世。他一生写了500多部长篇小说,其作品气势宏伟,风格独特,深受读者欢迎,因而赢得“20世纪的巴尔扎克”的美誉。他的小说被译成50多种文字。其中,有53部小说被改编成电影,212部被改编成电视剧。他的创作态度认真勤奋,几乎总是强迫自己写作,有时一天能用打字机打出80页稿子。写作活动是他的致富源泉,为他带来大约2.5亿法郎的收入。巨额的收入把他变成一位不知疲倦的旅行者。法国传记作家皮埃尔·比恩多伊斯称他是“世界上最富有的作家”。许多人认为“他的财富多得惊人”。但是西默农 George Simone, a Belgian novelist, was born in 1903 and died in the spring of 1989. He has written more than 500 novels in his life, his works are magnificent, unique in style and well received by readers, thus winning the reputation of “Balzac in the 20th century”. His novels have been translated into more than 50 languages. Among them, 53 novels were adapted into films and 212 were adapted into television dramas. His creative attitude diligently, almost always forced himself to write, and sometimes one day can typewriter 80-page manuscript. Writing activity is his source of enrichment, bringing him about 250 million francs in revenue. The huge income turned him into an indefatigable traveler. French biographer Pierre Bien Does calls him “the richest writer in the world.” Many people think that “his wealth is staggering.” But Simeon